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02/09/07--07:54: Wasting Water In Waterloo Just Got Expensive (chan 1050731)

I recently caught a five second local TV news blurb relating to hikes in regional water prices. Unfortunately it was one of those annoying “tune in at 11 to get all the details” tidbits so I had no clue what they were talking about, and of course as per usual did not tune in at [...]


02/20/07--08:32: Cool Water Management Resource (chan 1050731)

There’s no doubt that the Worldwide Web has revolutionized our ability to share and obtain information. One of the downsides of surfing the web, however – even with with Google’s increasingly powerful search algorithm – is that it can be a fairly tiring experience at times. Very often, you need to visit a number of [...]


02/22/07--10:53: Rainwater Recycling Articles (chan 1050731)

I just received the latest issue of Natural Home Magazine yesterday and am quite pleased with the selection of interesting articles! Two in particular caught my eye since they focus on rainwater recycling. It was interesting to see that one of them was even written by our ‘Eco-Friend’, Carol Steinfeld. If all that isn’t cool [...]


03/22/07--10:20: Green Options For Your Driveway (chan 1050731)

A recent question from one of our readers re: ‘green driveways’ inspired me to do some research on the topic. From what I can tell there are two main approaches: 1) creating a driveway that is literally ‘green’ with vegetation, and 2) using some form of porous concrete or asphalt. Both of these options have [...]


04/22/07--11:41: Happy Earth Day! (chan 1050731)

Just wanted to write a short post wishing all our readers a very happy Earth Day! Hope you have been enjoying the weekend (absolutely gorgeous here) and getting involved in some Earth Day Weekend activities. Steve and I got up bright and early on Saturday morning and met up at a local mall where the [...]


05/16/07--13:25: Green Cricket? (chan 1050731)

I imagine sports in general must be huge energy and water consumers. Other than the odd ‘green’ ski resort opening up, I don’t think I’ve really heard all that much about sports making an effort to go green – well at least not until today. The ECB and the Test match grounds, in partnership with [...]


06/01/07--08:00: 2009 World Green Roof Congress in Toronto (chan 1050731)

Just caught this interesting press release from Newswire: The City of Toronto and Green Roofs for Healthy Cities successfully bid for the 2009 World Green Roof Congress TORONTO, May 31 /CNW/ – “Green Roofs for Healthy Cities,” the North American green roof industry association and the City of Toronto are pleased to announce that they [...]


06/18/07--09:26: Water-Smart Gardening (chan 1050731)

As mentioned multiple times now, this year I’m really zoning in on water conservation – both inside and outside of the house. One of my significant water-suckers last summer was my vegetable garden. While I certainly wasn’t a crazy hose-wielding maniac like my neighbour across the street (who seems to love watering his grass, washing [...]


06/29/07--06:03: Eco-Lawn – Is The Grass Really Greener on the Other Side? (chan 1050731)

I had an e-mail exchange with Franke James earlier this week and she happened to mention that she had enjoyed my post about ‘Water-Smart Gardening‘ and was wondering if I could recommend any drought-resistant grass species. Franke recently went to battle with the city of North York when she discovered that building a permeable ‘green [...]


07/12/07--10:02: Naturally Maintained: Wild by Nature, Civilized by Design (chan 1050731)

I just caught an interesting comment on my Water-Smart Gardening article this morning. It was from Derek Lippert, owner of ‘Naturally Maintained‘, a local landscaping company dedicated to providing environmentally friendly landscape solutions in the Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge (Tri-city) area. Here is what Derek had to say in his comment: I started Naturally Maintained in 1999 with [...]